There is scepticism about whether some of the promises made will replace some of the definites that would be removed.
I, for one, would not enter such a debate with a clear-cut and definite idea of my own position on it.
A similar case can be made for the presence vs absence of the definite article preceding the alterity word.
As pointed out above, more than the other two gerund types, definite nominal gerunds tend to co-occur with prepositions other than the most frequent six.
A certain degree of functional differentiation is also apparent in combinations of definite nominal gerunds with the prepositions of, by and in.
More marginally, definite nominal gerunds can also be used to specify a (typically undesirable) result, which is then presented as an accessible fact.
In such uses, definite nominal gerunds draw on accessible knowledge on the part of the speaker for the identification of the event they refer to.
A few final words are in place concerning combinations of definite nominal gerunds with to.
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確定的,肯定的, 明確的, 確定之事…
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确定的,肯定的, 明确的, 确定之事,板上钉钉的事…
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definitivo, definido/ida [masculine-feminine], seguro/ura [masculine-feminine]…
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concreto, definitivo…
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確実な…
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kesin, sabit, değişmez…
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certain/-aine, ferme, évident/-ente…
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definitiu…
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